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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Stacy (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Stacy. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Stacy is located in McCulloch County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McCulloch County: Brown, Coleman, Concho, Mason, Menard & San Saba.

Below are the counties that are near Stacy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stacy:

  • McCulloch County     (The home county of Stacy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stacy, with the one closest to Stacy listed first.
    • Doole ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Doole is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doole
    • Waldrip
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Waldrip is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrip
    • Salt Gap ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Salt Gap is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Gap
    • Pear Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lohn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Melvin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Milburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Milburn is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
    • Brady
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brady is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brady <1>
    • Rochelle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Brown County
  • Coleman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stacy, with the one closest to Stacy listed first.
    • Gouldbusk
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Voss
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Rockwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Whon ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Whon is located in Coleman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whon
    • Valera
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Talpa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Trickham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Trickham is located in Coleman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickham
      • Former name for Trickham:
      • Trick'em
    • Santa Anna
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Coleman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Glen Cove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
  • Concho County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stacy, with the one closest to Stacy listed first.
    • Millersview
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Paint Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Eden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Eden is located in Concho County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,339 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
    • Lowake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Eola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Live Oak
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Live Oak is located in Concho County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
  • Runnels County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stacy, with the one closest to Stacy listed first.
    • Ballinger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rowena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stacy, see our County-by-County Page for Stacy.

Cemeteries Near Stacy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stacy.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Stacy - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stacy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stacy, with the one closest to Stacy listed first.

  • Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Leaday Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Millersview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Chaffin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Voss Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fife Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Brown Ranch Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lohn Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Whon Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Stewardson Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Valera Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Paint Rock Memorial Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock Memorial Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Paint Rock Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Paint Rock.
      • The Paint Rock Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Paint Rock Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5871 <3>
    • Melvin Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Old Valera Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Stacy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stacy.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Stacy, with the one closest to Stacy listed first.

  • Waldrip
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Waldrip is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrip
  • Rockwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Valera
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Paint Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Talpa
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Trickham
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Trickham is located in Coleman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickham
    • Former name for Trickham:
    • Trick'em
  • Eden
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Eden is located in Concho County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,339 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <1>
  • Santa Anna
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Coleman
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Glen Cove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
    • Ballinger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Brady
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brady is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brady <1>
    • Rochelle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Milburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Milburn is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
    • Rowena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stacy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stacy.

Newspapers Published in Stacy ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stacy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stacy, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stacy.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Stacy:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stacy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stacy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.